Spring Creek hadn't done well against Elko recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Spring Creek came out on top against Elko by a score of 5-0. Five seems to be a good number for the Spartans as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Not much got past Alyson Clarke, who gave up just four hits to keep Elko off the board. The dominant performance also gave Clarke a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
Ava Cauley
| 03/28/25 vs Elko | 3 |
| 03/15/25 @ Sparks | 2 |
| 03/07/25 vs Truckee | 2 |
| 03/22/25 @ Dayton | 1 |
| 02/28/25 vs Faith Lutheran | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ava Cauley, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those three hits gave her a new career-high.
Spring Creek is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. With the loss, Elko broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 10-6.
Spring Creek will have a chance to go back-to-back against Elko: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
